Solar panels have gotten so cheap that the plant, born of an old attempt at harnessing the power of the sun, appears to be obsolete.

Operator NRG says its concentrating solar power technology has fallen behind solar silicon photovoltaic generation in terms ...

From a distance, the Ivanpah solar plant looks like a shimmering lake in the Mojave Desert. Up close, it’s a vast alien-like installation of hundreds of thousand of mirrors pointed at three towers, ...

The concentrating solar array in California is on the path to closure after being hailed as a breakthrough for renewable ...

The facility was touted by then-Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz as an “example of how America is becoming a world leader in ...

A major solar power plant project that was granted ... ultimately putting Ivanpah on notice for closure. “The Ivanpah plant was a financial boondoggle and environmental disaster,” Julia ...

What was once the largest solar power plant of its type in the world appears headed for closure just 11 years after opening ...

“The plant became better known as a prolific executioner of wildlife, particularly of the flying kind. The massive fields of ...

In its Short-Term Energy Outlook, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) is projecting 26 gigawatts of solar capacity to ...

The plant promised to demonstrate technologies to help with the so-called energy transition. It received a $1.6 billion loan guarantee, which hasn't been paid, on top of other subsidies. Now it may ...